Rachel and Justin's 'Modern Garden Elegance' Floral California Ranch Wedding by Onelove Photography

I have the most stunning wedding to share with you today, another gorgeous flower filled celebration. Rachel and Justin were married on 18th May 2024 at Triple S Ranch in Calistoga, California. Rachel and Justin had their priorities straight: great food, great friends, and fabulous fashion. They brought it all together at this gorgeous venue in the heart of wine country, with the beautiful designs of Off the Beaten Path Weddings and The Blonde Rose with these delightful photos by onelove photography. A totally striking spring day filled with the the most amazing flowers.

Overall vision
Overall we were going for a rustic elegance vibe. We loved the property, and wanted it to be a summery, modern garden celebration with an elegant yet semi-formal feel, paired with a unique and breathtakingly romantic experience filled fun

Florals and decor
For the florals we wanted a fun, flirty, and vibrant garden party feel. We let the florist know that we wanted a lot of bright, fun florals and wildflowers, and let her have complete creative freedom from there. She did better than we ever could have imagined and had a great vision of doing half of the tables with large centerpieces down the middle of the table designed as if they are growing out of the table, and the other half of the tables with vases of monochromatic blooms scattered down the table- which came out looking absolutely amazing! We left the rest of the decor simple & modern, allowing the colorful florals to be the main decor.

Outfits
My (Rachel) dress was Chosen by KYHA, which I initially fell in love with while dress shopping with my mom, cousin, and aunt at KYHA Studios in NYC. I wasn’t ready to pull the trigger quite yet during that trip, but when I got back to San Francisco I went to Unveiled Bridal, where they happened to carry the same dress. After trying on what felt like hundreds of dresses, I kept coming back to this one and knew it was the one! Justin got a custom tux from Suitsupply, with his name monogramed on the inside jacket and our wedding date on the underside collar.

Food
We wanted our food to reflect local, farm to table California cuisine. We worked closely with our planner, Off the Beaten Path, who was also our caterer to craft a seasonal menu highlighting local in-season elements. Highlights included the Parmesan souffle Potatoes with applewood smoked bacon, Casareccia Pasta with Wild Mushrooms and Spinach, Fresh Thyme and a Parmesan Truffle Cream Sauce, and Balsamic Glazed Salmon. The bride is also gluten free, so we had a majority gluten free wedding including all the desserts- which I don’t think any guests even noticed! For drinks, we decide to highlight 3 of our favorites instead of doing a his and hers drink (Classic Old Fashioned, Dirty Martini and a Hibiscus Mezcal Margarita). We also wanted to make sure we focused on having great local wine, as many guests were traveling to the Napa area for the first time!

Entertainment
We absolutely loved our band, Ideateam, and they made the party so much fun! So many of our friends and family said they felt like they were at a concert, and that it was the best wedding band they have ever seen! We wanted to make sure we got a local funk band, instead of a traditional wedding cover band as my husband Justin plays guitar and loves live music. He was tasked with finding the band, and did an amazing job! We actually saw Ideateam play a free show in Sausalito the summer before our wedding, and had such a great time we knew we wanted to have them at our big day!